1999 CHRYSLER 300M Complaints

CONSUMER HAS REPLACED GOODYEAR EAGLE LS TIRES P225/55R17 A TOTAL OF 14 TIMES DUE TO SHAKING STEERING WHEEL, OVAL SHAPED TIRES, AND BUBBLES, CONSUMER STATES DEALER DID MANY ALIGNMENTS AND TIRE ROTATIONS. *SLC

GOODYEAR TIRES EXPERIENCED TREAD SEPARATION AND ONE TIRE WAS OUT OF ROUND, CONSUMER WANTS REIMBURSEMENT. *SLC

WHILE VEHICLE WAS MOVING APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH, CONSUMER PRESSED BRAKE PEDAL TO STOP, AND PEDAL HIT FLOOR. VEHICLE DID NOT STOP, CAUSING CONSUMER TO REAR END VEHICLE IN FRONT OF HIM.*AK THE CUSTOMER STATES BRAKE FAILURE WAS DUE TO DEFECT. *YH

CONSUMER STARTED TO HEAR A NOISE ,LIKE A METAL TO METAL NOISE IN JUNE 28,2000. DEALER ORDERED 4 PARTS, ALL BUT ONE DID NOT COME IN ,AN ADAPTER PART #5017701AA. IN THE MEANTIME, DEFECT HAS GRAUALLY GOTTING WORSE. CONSUMER WAS EXPERIENCING MORE PLAY IN STEERING WHEEL AND NOISE WAS LOUDER. PART HAS BEEN ON BACK ORDER SINCE JUN 28 2000, AND DID NOT KNOW WHEN PART WILL ARRIVE.*AK

WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 60 MPH AND CHANGING LINE TO THE MIDDLE, BOTH AIR BAGS DEPLOYED WITHOUT A PRIOR WARNING. MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED.*AK

CONSUMER LOST THE STEERING AND CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE DUE TO ENGINE FAILURE AND VEHICLE STALLING. *ET

CAR PUT IN PARK AND DRIVER EXITED CAR TO OPEN GARAGE. CAR JUMPED INTO GEAR AND CRASHED INTO GARAGE DOOR AFTER DRIVER HAD GOTTEN TO GARAGE DOOR. DRIVER HAD EXITED THE CAR AND WALKED AT LEAST TEN FEET BEFORE CAR STATRTED TO MOVE INDICATING THAT IT JUMPED INTO GEAR AFTER THE DRIVER HAD EXITED.*AK

BRAKE ROTORS MALFUNCTIONED, NEEDED TO CHANGED, AND CAUSED EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE WHICH MAY RESULT IN A CRASH. CHRYSLER HAS HAD MAJOR PROBLEMS WITH BRAKE ROTORS WITH DIFFERENT MODEL OF VEHICLES. *AK THE BAD BRAKE ROTORS ALSO CAUSED FRONT WHEELS TO SHIMMY. *YH

CONSUMERS HAS A GEAR SHIFT LOCK THAT IS CONSIDERED A SAFETY FEATURE. CONSUMERS SON TOOK THE GEAR SHIFT OUT OF PARK & ROLLED ACROSS THE STREET INTO A BRICK WALL. DEALER ISN'T ASSISTING THE CONSUMER IN THIS MATTER & FEELS THE CONSUMER SHOULD BE AT FAULT. THE KEY IS SUPPOSE TO BE TURNED OR STARTED & THE FOOT ON THE BRAKE BEFORE PUULED OUT OF GEAR. *AK *JB

THERE WERE VARIOUS SYMPTOMS WHICH SEEM TO HAVE CULMINATED IN THE CRASH ON 6/29. THE FIRST TIME TIRES WERE ROTATED, ONE TIRE COULD ONLY BE "ALMOST" BALANCED; I DROVE THE CAR FROM CHAS., SC TO ATLANTA HAD A FLAT TIRE THAT TURNED OUT TO BE A DEFECTIVE RIM NOT TIRE. RECENTLY HAD TIRES ROTATED AND ALIGNMENT DONE. CAR PULLED TO THE RIGHT; TOOK IT BACK NOW CAR PULLS TO THE LEFT. EVENING OF 6/29 ON I-26 EAST-BOUND EXPERIENCED A COMPLETE LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL. CAR SPUN OUT AND HIT CENTER RETAINING WALL. NO INJURIES OTHER THAN SEAT-BELT BRUISES. WAITING FOR ESTIMATE ON DAMAGE - ENTIRE RIGHT SIDE DAMAGED. *AK